I was trying to screw a cap on a bottle when it dawned on me that I was turning it the wrong way. Standard screws are always screw on clockwise and screw off counterclockwise. But then it dawned on me again that there’s a whole generation growing up who haven’t the slightest idea what clockwise/counterclockwise means.
In the 1980s, my stepfather would not let my baby sister have a digital clock until she got the big hand/little hand thing down pat. Today, I don’t think they even sell face clocks anymore, yet clockwise/counterclockwise remains a part of our culture. Even my image editor lets me choose between rotating an image clockwise or counterclockwise. Is it retro to hold on to those designations, or is it an important tradition that we should pass on to our children?
In the 1980s, my stepfather would not let my baby sister have a digital clock until she got the big hand/little hand thing down pat. Today, I don’t think they even sell face clocks anymore, yet clockwise/counterclockwise remains a part of our culture. Even my image editor lets me choose between rotating an image clockwise or counterclockwise. Is it retro to hold on to those designations, or is it an important tradition that we should pass on to our children?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
